The $4,000 grant from the American Nurse Practitioner Foundation is going to Monica Alleman, a student in Loyola's Doctor of Nursing Practice program.

Alleman is teaching health care professionals at John Ehret High School in Marrero, a technique called motivational interviewing. It involves speaking to patients in ways that illicit the patients' own solutions - instead of trying to command behavior.

In a Loyola news release, Alleman says research shows that "the more patients talk about their own change, the more likely they are going to start to try to change."

The Obama administration will unveil a major climate change plan Monday aimed at a large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's coal-burning power plants, a senior administration official told CNN.